News archive for 15th November 2021

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Government delays further education changes by a year - BBC Government pauses plan to abolish technical qualifications - Guardian Headteachers ask for Ofsted inspections to be halted saying teachers face burnout due to Covid pandemic - Mail Zahawi announces slowing-down of BTECs cull - Schools Week Zahawi announces slowing down on BTECs cull - FE Week Penny-pinching headteacher one of many who care more for numbers than hungry kids - Mirror College CEO to step down after ‘serious heart attack’ - FE Week Call for Ofsted pause to help 'exhausted' teachers - Times Educational Supplement | TES iQTS pilot to begin next September - Times Educational Supplement | TES Did schools put food parcels before education during the pandemic? - The Educator Teaching educational psychology to future teachers - Teacher Toolkit Statement on meeting with TikTok about posts abusing teachers - ASCL Deal reached on new contract at United Colleges Group - UCU How we support our students overcome the long-term effects of bullying - Activate Learning Cogito, ergo sum: Where next for critical thinking? - SecEd New training programme aims to combat early years recruitment crisis - Nursery World Coronavirus (COVID-19) mass testing funding for schools and colleges - Education & Skills Funding Agency Skills and Post-16 Education Bill: Second Reading Opening Speech - DfE Teaching a broad and balanced curriculum for education recovery - DfE Cambridge college seeks to remove memorial to patron with links to slave trade - Guardian 'Appalling' teacher abuse videos evade TikTok action - Times Educational Supplement | TES Improvement drive as Ofsted to do schools inspections - BBC Children injured after school ceiling collapses in south London - Guardian School U-turns after saying kids won't get free meals if they're more than 1p in debt - Mirror How the DfE should respond to ITT review concerns - Times Educational Supplement | TES Teachers 'not equipped' to support cyberbullying victims, charity warns - CYPN | Children & Young People Now Staff at children’s mental health unit 'burnt out', inspection finds - CYPN | Children & Young People Now MPs highlight impact of Covid-19 on deaf children’s mental health - CYPN | Children & Young People Now Millions of children wear odd socks for Anti-Bullying Week - Nursery World A balanced approach to successful professional development - Research Schools Network Break down the walls of your classroom - UKEdChat Impact of Covid-19 on young people across the UK - Learning & Work Institute Effective professional development and motivating teachers - Research Schools Network Call for proposals for the 2022 GEM Report Fellowship - UKFIET | Education and Development Forum Modern Foreign Languages: Transition from primary to secondary - ASCL Covid: Second jabs encouraged for 16 and 17-year-olds - Times Educational Supplement | TES Dulwich: Pupils taken to hospital after ceiling collapses at independent school - The Times Public urged to report illegal schools as pupils taught in ‘squalid’ settings - Schools Week Children injured after ceiling collapses at school in Dulwich - City AM 16 and 17-year-olds to be offered second Covid vaccine dose - Schools Week Education Secretary Nadhim Zahawi faces fresh scrutiny of outside earnings he was able to keep secret - Mail Students at Cambridge college told to complete anti-racism lesson - Independent Movers and Shakers: Edition 369 - FE Week Building a sense of community can be hard in FE - FE Week Education recovery – can England learn lessons from abroad? - Sixth Form Colleges Assocation | SFCA Fighting for better outcomes - Sixth Form Colleges Assocation | SFCA Labour shortages: logistics, retail and construction on what needs to happen next - FE Week How kindness can help stop bullying in its tracks - Times Educational Supplement | TES Fair equality of opportunity means a fair chance to succeed - HEPI How can we build back better arts education? - Schools Week This consultation could force academisation by the back door - Schools Week Where does regulation in the student interest go next? - Wonkhe Can OfS help level up the country? - Wonkhe UK’s skills strategy threatens to create training ‘cold spots’ - Financial Times Trinity’s first female leader seeks to deliver on change promise - Times Higher Education | THE Cambridge college students told to attend race workshop - The Times Record levels of antisemitic abuse hit university campuses - The Times Universities ‘should share suicide fears’ - The Times Apostrophe apostasy as language gets less formal - The Times Libby Purves: Shame on universities that legitimise ‘sex work’ - The Times Covid in Ireland: Experts and politicians weigh up risks and benefits of vaccinating young children - The Times Dublin academic’s key role in Marvel’s latest superhero film - The Times